I chose the video "Cairo Museum" as my second one because it related to the section about Egypt in the first video. I enjoy learning about Egypt so both videos kept me engaged.
One thing that stuck out to me in the first video was the section about the fascination with the female sculpture in the beginning. I've heard about the figure before and always wondered why so many sculptors wanted to replicate it. It's not physically similar to sculptures from any other period, so I am curious as to why they decided to go in that direction with the female figure. Another section I learned from was the section on Egypt. As I stated, I like learning about Egypt so this section had my full attention. It was interesting to see the ways that people were represented in hieroglyphics, I never realized that people are portrayed from a side view with fingers of equal length and that their heads were sort of a combination of a profile and a straight-on point of view.
The second video was informative. I liked the artifacts that the museum had to offer. One artifact that stood out for me was the man's foot. The fact that plastic surgery and prosthetic limbs existed back then is incredible. I was saddened to find out that time had worn out the artifacts that were buried in Egyptian tombs as well.
The videos relate to the readings because the Egyptians laid the groundwork for artforms that would be invented later on in history. The techniques they used to make the gold-plated prints (Shown in the Cairo Museum video) resembled the ones that would later be used. In addition, the way humans were portrayed, although flattened, were vastly different from the Willendorf figure. It could be assumed that as time went on, civilizations became more familiar with the human figure and started portraying them in more of a realistic manner than in years past.
I enjoyed these films. I may be biased because I really like to learn about Egyptian culture, but they both provided an in-depth look into how the Egyptians (and other civilizations) evolved and moved the paradigm of art over time. As I mentioned in #3, the way humans are portrayed in different cultures helps demonstrate this evolution when comparing the Willendorf figure to the paintings in Egypt. By showing other artifacts in the museum, it helped me understand that out of all of the cultures I have studied, the Egyptians valued art the most. They used it as a primary means for both leisure (In the cases of pottery and jewelery) as well as a means of communication via hieroglyphics and paintings of heir gods.
One thing that stuck out to me in the first video was the section about the fascination with the female sculpture in the beginning. I've heard about the figure before and always wondered why so many sculptors wanted to replicate it. It's not physically similar to sculptures from any other period, so I am curious as to why they decided to go in that direction with the female figure. Another section I learned from was the section on Egypt. As I stated, I like learning about Egypt so this section had my full attention. It was interesting to see the ways that people were represented in hieroglyphics, I never realized that people are portrayed from a side view with fingers of equal length and that their heads were sort of a combination of a profile and a straight-on point of view.
The second video was informative. I liked the artifacts that the museum had to offer. One artifact that stood out for me was the man's foot. The fact that plastic surgery and prosthetic limbs existed back then is incredible. I was saddened to find out that time had worn out the artifacts that were buried in Egyptian tombs as well.
The videos relate to the readings because the Egyptians laid the groundwork for artforms that would be invented later on in history. The techniques they used to make the gold-plated prints (Shown in the Cairo Museum video) resembled the ones that would later be used. In addition, the way humans were portrayed, although flattened, were vastly different from the Willendorf figure. It could be assumed that as time went on, civilizations became more familiar with the human figure and started portraying them in more of a realistic manner than in years past.
I enjoyed these films. I may be biased because I really like to learn about Egyptian culture, but they both provided an in-depth look into how the Egyptians (and other civilizations) evolved and moved the paradigm of art over time. As I mentioned in #3, the way humans are portrayed in different cultures helps demonstrate this evolution when comparing the Willendorf figure to the paintings in Egypt. By showing other artifacts in the museum, it helped me understand that out of all of the cultures I have studied, the Egyptians valued art the most. They used it as a primary means for both leisure (In the cases of pottery and jewelery) as well as a means of communication via hieroglyphics and paintings of heir gods.
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